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21 Oct 08

Karen Heller: Obama's forte: Cool competence | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/21/2008

I love how the 24/7, everything is recorded and archived and easily retrievable media is shaping up to be a FORCE THAT KEEPS POLITICIANS HONEST. (Or at least more careful.)

Check out this journalist's use of McCain in December versus McCain in September.

It's one of a million examples of how ridiculous candidates can make themselves look if they veer too far from their historical record.

Anybody have the video on these interviews? A simple splicing of the raw footage into a 30-second clip would be a sure viral hit.

www.philly.com/..._s_forte__Cool_competence.html - Preview

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  • But economics is not McCain's, you know, thing.


    "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should," he said in December. A month earlier he mentioned that, with a vice presidential candidate, "you also look for people who maybe have talents you don't, or experience or knowledge you don't, as well." He said he'd look for "somebody who's really well grounded in economics."


    Oops. Palin's talent is energy.

    • If anybody mixes a video of these two interviews ending with the announcement of Palin as running mate, let me know. - on 2008-10-21
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  • Barack Obama remains calm in the most heated moments, a tremendous palliative for an anxious electorate. And he's learned about the economy, which makes McCain's resistance to do so appear arrogant and foolish.
    • EDUCATORS should love this insight: Obama HAS shown himself to be a "life-long learner" on this front. He really does seem to do job-related homework - which is probably why it's so easy for him to stick to the issues high-road: he studies them, and can talk about what he's learning.

      After the proud "I DON'T READ" (or worse, "I READ CAMUS' EXISTENTIAL NOVELS") Bush/Cheney years, an intellectual (and a writer) for president seems somehow fantastical. That's how bad America has become.       - on 2008-10-21
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